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Nissan signals interest in ‘Apple Car’ following Hyundai exit

Posted on Feb 10, 2021 in Cars, News

Japanese automaker Nissan on Tuesday suggested it would be interested in partnering with Apple on the production of a so-called...

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California robocar disengagement reports reveal tidbits about Tesla, AutoX, Apple, others

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in Cars, News

Every year, companies testing self-driving cars in California are required to report to the state DMV details on all the cars they have...

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Aurora strikes deal with Toyota, Denso to develop, test self-driving Sienna minivans

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

Aurora has reached a deal with Toyota and auto-parts supplier Denso to develop and test vehicles equipped with the self-driving startup’s...

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BlackBerry’s QNX Black Channel Communications to be used in Motional’s driverless platform

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in News, Technology

WATERLOO, ON, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced its QNX® Black Channel...

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Apple’s self-driving car strategy may be stuck in neutral

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

After weeks of confusion and contradictory news, it has almost become confirmed that Hyundai-Kia will start manufacturing Apple’s...

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Bestmile partners with Perrone Robotics to provide fleet orchestration for autonomous fleets

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in News, Technology

LAUSANNE, Switzerland and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bestmile, the leading Fleet Orchestration Platform that...

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Transportation planners now have a new challenge: mapping out the future of self-driving cars in cities

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The past decade has been challenging for urban planners. For effectively the entire 20th century, they grappled with a transportation...

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Aurora strikes deal with Toyota, Denso to develop, test self-driving Sienna minivans

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Aurora has reached a deal with Toyota and auto-parts supplier Denso to develop and test vehicles equipped with the self-driving startup’s...

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Kratos Defense robotic self-driving unmanned truck customer portfolio expands as deployments are increasing in the United States and worldwide

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in News, Trucks

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National...

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Swift Navigation raises $50 million Series C round to accelerate consumer adoption of automotive safety and precise navigation applications across the globe

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 in Finance, News, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS (Global Navigation...

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Oxbotica and bp complete autonomous vehicle trial at refinery

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

bp has successfully completed an autonomous vehicle trial at its Lingen refinery in Germany, working with Oxbotica, a global leader in...

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Volvo Cars & Luminar open up long-distance lidar dataset

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in News, Perspective, Technology

There are approximately a dozen autonomy-related companies I’m keeping an eye on. As noted in a recent article about Waymo’s approach...

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Great Wall pushes further into smart cars with Horizon deal

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in News, Technology

(Bloomberg) — Beijing-based Horizon Robotics Inc. and Great Wall Motor Co., China’s top maker of sport utility vehicles, are teaming...

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When self-driving cars get embroiled in massive car pileups

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

During the winter months, there is always a spate of massive car pileups that woefully take place and make rather noticeable and...

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Hyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Cars, News

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars,...

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Vietnam’s Vinfast gets permit to test self-driving vehicles in California

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Cars, News

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s first domestic car manufacturer, Vinfast, said on Monday it had obtained a permit to test autonomous...

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Hyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars, just a...

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Tesla looks to hire data labelers to feed Autopilot neural nets with images at Gigafactory New York

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in News, Technology

Tesla is looking to hire a team of data labelers to feed images to help train its Autopilot neural nets at Gigafactory New York in...

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Baidu introduces world’s first multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS platform in Guangzhou

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

BEIJING, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) today deployed a multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS (mobility as a...

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Pony.ai raises $100 million more to advance its autonomous vehicle tech

Posted on Feb 7, 2021 in Cars, Finance, News

Self-driving car startup Pony.ai today announced it has raised $100 million in an extension of its series C round. The funds bring the...

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